iSearch : Discovery Tool for Academic Resources

An Intelligent Search Engine that lets you find relevant information from Library Catalogue, major academic databases and publishers in a single search box

An mega-index of Library print and electronic materials and external information resources

Gives you Google-like searching experience

It represents the aggregated content from Library Catalogue, Databases, Journals, Archives and Publishers

Nearly 50,000 Magazines & Journals Nearly 6 million Books Nearly 20,000 Conference Proceedings …

Books? Library Catalogue Local TV programme? EdVideo Sociology Articles? Social Sciences Citation

Index Education Articles? ERIC Psychology Articles? PsycINFO China Quarterly? E-Journal …

You have to choose the right infornation resources and do the searches separately

Search multiple academic resources in a Single Search Box

HKIEd Lib Catalog

Databases

Journals

ScienceDirect

iSearchFoundation Index

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Library Catalogue

Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, Proceedings and more

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Some specific Databases & Journals

Most HKIEd Databases & Journals

Example: Keywords = Japanese culture

How many records found in iSearch & Library Catalogue respectively?

Can you find any journal articles in the Library Catalogue?

Example: Japanese culture

iSeach gets 1,300 times more results than Library Catalogue!

1. Enter your search terms

2. Refine your results

3. View your results

4. Expand your search

Step 1. Enter your keywords at iSearch

http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk

You can limit your search for specific materials

Results Include Books, Journal Articles, Videos, Audios, News, Dissertations, Reports, e-Resources …

Step 2. Refine your results

You can limit the results with different options in left panele.g. Library Catalogue Only, Publication Date, Source Type, Subject, Content Provider…

You can modify the limiting criteria or remove them at anytime

Step 3. View your results

Full Text Journal Article

e-Book

Library Book

Request checked-out item

Library Book Record

Search record at HKALL

Search the item at Google Books

You can view the e-books online by the Access Link

e-Book Record

Journal Article

Full Text provided

Use EdLink to check availability of Full Text

Step 4. Expand your search

If you find insufficient results in iSearch, you can expand the search to other databases at the right.

Click on the database to get results

More results from other databases

Get results from other databases

Yu can find more Databases

Sign In to store your results, saved searches, search alerts

Note: This is not your MyIEd or MyLibrary account.You have to create a new account in iSearch

Sign In Personalized Account

Off-Campus Remote Access

Some information is restricted to HKIEd members only. You have to login to get full access

Need Help?

Quick Guide & FAQ

Contact us at Information Counter Phone: 2948 6653 Email: libinfo@ied.edu.hk

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